During the month of September, the Bullitt Central FFA Chapter has been busy, busy, busy with a variety of events. September 14-17, many officers and members stayed after school every day to help build our float for the homecoming parade that took place on Thursday, September 17. With the theme “Through the Decades”, the back half of the float had many technological aspects such as a computer and a printer to show how technology is involved in agriculture.

Children at Shepherdsville Elementary are headed back to school with access to a brand new digital library, Fun eReader.

The school was awarded a grant from Arbordale Publishing that includes access to the company’s ebook platform for two years. Children are able to read on computers, tablets or phones in school or at home through the Fun eReader.

District Gifted and Talented Coordinator Sarah Coomer has been named a Director of the Kentucky Association of Gifted Education Advisory Board.

She will join 19 state and University colleagues to participate in KAGE Board meetings held quarterly to serve as an advocate and liaison for children and young people with gifts and talents within their district and across the state.

“Totally shocked and very humbled,” she said. “This is really an honor.”

SHEPHERDSVILLE - The newly-opened Bullitt Central College and Career Readiness Center isn’t just for the high school students.

The Bullitt County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ceremonial ribbon cutting, commemorating the beginning of the McKendree University Shepherdsville Campus, now hosting college-level courses at the center.

McKendree executive director Christian Blome and Radcliff Campus director Eveline Higgs attended the ceremony, both pleased with the turnout and the overwhelming support they’ve received throughout the county.

MOUNT WASHINGTON -- When Pleasant Grove Elementary principal Melissa Whicker felt tightness in her chest as she walked across the parking lot in May, she assumed she had pulled a muscle coughing during a recent sinus infection.

When she had the doctor’s check for her on Friday, they gave her the all clear.

It wasn’t until she was watching TV with her husband and son Saturday night that she realized what was going on.

Eastside Middle School has been selected as one of the Honorable Mentions regarding teaching conditions, school safety, and student achievement according to results of the 2015 Kentucky TELL Survey.

“I feel truly blessed to be a part of the Eastside community,” principal Troy Wood said. “This honor is a genuine reflection of the students, parents, teachers and staff at Eastside. Our success is a collaborative effort, and we couldn’t be successful otherwise.”